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Answer : AMMUNITION
ammunition, ammo – n
projectiles to be fired from a gun
Ammunition, the projectiles and propelling charges used in small arms, artillery, and other guns. Ammunition size is usually expressed in terms of calibre, which is the diameter of the projectile as measured in millimetres or inches. In general, projectiles less than 20 mm or .60 inch in diameter are classified as small-arm, and larger calibres are considered artillery. A complete round of ammunition consists of all the components necessary for one firing of the gun. These normally include a projectile, the propellant, and a primer that ignites the propellant. Other components such as cartridge case, fuse, and bursting charge are frequently included.
In artillery ammunition, a fixed round is a complete round in which all components are securely joined by a cartridge case. (Though brass was used almost invariably for cartridge cases before World War II, it has since been largely superseded by steel.) In semifixed ammunition, the projectile is detachable from the cartridge case, an arrangement that allows for the size of the propelling charge to be adjusted, after which the projectile can be inserted loosely into the case. In separate-loading ammunition, a complete round consists of three components: the fused projectile, the propellant (in several combustile cloth bags), and the primer. This type of round is used in the largest-calibre guns because its separated components are easier to handle.
More Clues
- SEED Pea, for a pea plant
- APSE Produce peas for a recess in church
- EAST Hooper leaves pea shooter in Orient
- APES Cooked peas for primates
- WRAP Flatbread with rice and peas for starters
- HUSK Shakes up no peas for chaff
- SOUP Split pea, for one
- MUSHY Just the sort of peas for a romantic meal?
- HULL Pod of a pea, e.g.
- SMOG A pea-souper
- FLOG Beat the tail-ender in a pea-souper
- DAHL A pea-like plant
- TINE One may spear a pea
- DHAL A pea-like plant
- BEAN ‘Couldn’t a pea be another type entirely? ‘
- STAB Poke, as a pea
- WEAPON Pea now used in pea-shooter, for example
- SHELL A structure such as a coconut’s husk, a pea’s pod, a pie’s crust, a snail’s exoskeleton or tortoise’s carapace; or, a class that originally met in the apse of Westminster School
- ASH Fragment of pea shooter remains
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